A BETTER WAY FORWARD
MICHELIN TYRES
Michelin a leader in sustainable mobility. Rank amongst the world’s most innovative, responsible and high-performing companies. In our quest to make sustainable mobility a reality, we move closer to this ambitious goal every day. Offering everyone a better way forward – that’s Michelin’s purpose.
Michelin is determined to share the adventure of better mobility with everyone. We uphold our values of respect for customers, employees, shareholders, the environment and facts everywhere we do business. “The means to an end is as important as the end itself.” (François Michelin)
MICHELIN TYRES
Michelin is a French tyre manufacturer based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes région of France. It is the second largest tyre manufacturer in the world after Japanese Bridgestone and larger than both American Goodyear and German Continental. In addition to the Michelin brand, it also owns the BFGoodrich, Kleber, Tigar, Riken, Kormoran and Uniroyal (in North America) tyre brands. Michelin is also notable for its Red and Green travel guides, its roadmaps, the Michelin stars that the Red Guide awards to restaurants for their cooking, and for its company mascot Bibendum, colloquially known as the Michelin Man.
Michelin manufactures tyres for space shuttles, aircraft, automobiles, heavy equipment, motorcycles, and bicycles. In 2012, the Group produced 166 million tyres at 69 facilities located in 18 countries.